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Title: RAM for the future Post by: gilmar on 2011 July 12, 06:00:11 Hi,
I'm running : Windows XP Pro 32 bit Intel R Pentium R D 3 Ghz 3 Ghz CPU (XE 925) Micro-Star P4M890M3-V Mainboard GeForce GT 440 1024MB DDR3 graphics card 450 W of power supply 3G of RAM DDR2-SDRAM I'm thinking of putting more RAM for the future and was wondering how much of RAM would I need in order to run all current EPs and SPs and taking into account future EPs and SPs (say maybe 3 EPs and a few SPs)? I'm considering a Windows XP 64 bit or RAMdisk. Edit : If I were to put 4G of RAM on this machine now, it might read 3.5 G. That would not be good enough? If I understand correctly, I was thinking of installing 6 G of RAM, setting aside 1.5 G for my system and 4.5 G for RAM disk. Would this be right? Truthfully if possible, I would really like to run XP on this machine. Title: Re: RAM for the future Post by: Jeebus on 2011 July 12, 06:03:04 I would suggest Win7-64 over XP-64. You should have, at the very least, 4 gigs. You might want more than that; I would not suggest any more than 6 GB right now, though.
Title: Re: RAM for the future Post by: Skadi on 2011 July 12, 06:08:15 Keep an eye on the power supply too.
6 gigs is a good amount, if it's a good price get more, but you won't see a huge improvement off the bat. Unless you pull a Pescado, get 32Gb of RAM and make a RAMDISC. Title: Re: RAM for the future Post by: saraswati on 2011 July 12, 08:15:22 You could even get a Solid State drive, they're apparently about as quick as RAM disk. The only downside is that they're very expensive at this point.
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